At trial, the State of Ohio proved that, on Feb. 8, 2013, Ronald Miller attempted to kill Rhoda Miller, his third wife, by lodging a wood shim in the throttle mechanism of her 2004 Honda Civic.

Unable to stop, Rhoda Miller avoided hitting anyone in the parking lot by steering her car through the window of a nail salon at a Richmond Heights shopping plaza, Assistant County Prosecutor Gregory J. Mussman noted.

Rhoda Miller, now 65, was not hurt in the accident.

A tow truck driver discovered the wood shim lodged in the engine. Expert witnesses for the prosecution concluded that it would have been impossible for the wood shim to have gotten there accidentally.

Rhoda Miller, who filed for divorce after the accident, said at today's hearing that she was glad to have Ronald Miller out her life.

"This victim survived years of intimidation and abuse from this defendant," said Mussman, who prosecuted this case for the State of Ohio, along with former Assistant County Prosecutor Frankie Goldberg.

"She exhibited true strength when she drove into a building rather than risk the lives of others, and again when she testified against this man."